Ka Wahine Kapu (O Kamauleule)
Composed by Leiohu Ryder
December 27, 1999
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Kou leo e na makani keaweula e
Kou kino e na mamo ao ua
Ka leo e na makani i uka mai
Ka wahine kapu ia o Kamauleule
Kou leo e na lehulehu
Kou kino e na pua iliahi
Ka iini mai kou paa laa e
Ka wahine kapu ia o Kamauleule
Kamauleule e ta ua tapu e
Kou leo e na makana o ka aina la
E milimili ia ka haku o na mele e
Ka ua Lenalena Puea o ka pali e
Ka wahine kapu ia o Kamauleule
He mele no ka wahine kapu oe
No Kamauleule he alii nui pono la
Aloha no ua Lenalena la
Ka wahine kapu ia o Kamauleule
Kamauleule e ta ua Lenalena e
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Your voice in the winds of sacred upland
Your body in the lighted rain
The voice comes to me on the wind
Sacred goddess of Kamauleule
Your voice glistens
Your body like the sandalwood flower
Sealed forever in sacred
Sacred goddess of Kamauleule
Kamauleule in the sacred rain
Your voice a gift to this land
Closely woven with song
The Lenalena rain on the cliffs of Puea
Sacred goddess of Kamauleule
This song for the sacred goddess
Of Kamauleule the righteous chief
With love for Lenalena
Sacred goddess of Kamauleule
Kamauleule in the ua Lenalena rain
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This song is a mele inoa for Lenalena - the goddess of Waianae who was a sacred/spirit lover of Kamauleule - the alii of Oahu. This song speaks of the voice that travels on the wind calling the other forward in the mountains, the sea. The rain - the goddess - sacred to Puea , the cave in Waianae Mts. Kamauleule mele is a companion song to Ua Lenalena mele & this one. A trilogy of songs all speak of love & the chief Kamauleule. (Kamauleule - CD Kukuipuka; Ua Lenalena - CD Waiha)
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